Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-16
PLEASANT PROSPECTS.
A Strangers Impression Of Rock
Island.
The City's BOOm-as Compared With
That of the wild Cat Western Towns
-S0me Sound Talk and Valuable
Hints.

This town possesses greater capacities
for sustaining genuine boom. than
Wichita or Kansas City either for that
matter" said stranger IN the city this
morning, who had been attracted hither
by the reputed growth ofsthe city. This
town will stand a boom on its merits.
am very much pleased with the location
ana with its outlook for the future. You
have every facility desirable in the way
of commercial intercourse in three great
railroads.&c. c., R. l. & P, the c., M.
& st. P. and c., B. & Q.-besides the
advantage OF being on one of the great
commercial waterways of the world. How
town like Wichita situated on sandy
prairie with nothing but artificial means
of communication can compare itself with
a town like Rock Island, favored
as it is, with SO many of natures adj
vantages, is past my power of comprehen-
sion. l have been in Wichita, and all
that has made that town what it is, is
blowing judicIous advertising if you
please. Wichita is today an example of
what newspaper is capable of doing
for town. II is city built AS you may
say on paper, built without foundation,
aad boom such as that Ear western
town has had is bound to react Kansas
City, TOO, may be classed in the same
category. If WAS looking for an in
vestment in western real estate today,
would far sooner put it in Atchison or
Leavenworth than Kansas City. The
towns mention as more desirable are
Older ike Rock Island"
Thine has demonstrated tina, thew are
bound 10 he cifi :. while with the Others
you have only few years to Judge by
They have grown up in hurry. and
their fall, if reckon rightly, will be as
great as their rise They remind me Of
Rome in this particular Rock Island
is known TO the world, but has not had
within the past few years the advertising
1t deserves, OR should have As take 1t,
It's own people are TO hl4me for the fact
that the sunshine of prosperity has not
broken forth upon it long ago"
DO little blowing There is moth
ing wrong in blowing, if you have reason
to blow. Like the merchant who adver-
:ises his goods in the city press, let the
world know what you have. You cant
expect people outside to know the value
of your possessions unless you tell them
Do it on the basis of straight forward
legitimate advertising backed by honest
purpose"
This the way strangers in Rock Island
speak of our city, and the gentleman VINO
had volunteered the sensible words of
ADVICE in giving expression to his
pleasure at what he had seen. had
not seen the water power facilities
at Milan, nor the desirable land for all
manner of manufacturing industries
which surrounds Rock Island. He
did not know that within year silver
plating works had been attracted here
| from Galesburg and had doubled itself
within that time, and with the assistance
of Rock Island capital had bought aud
built q factory of its own. He did not
know that within short two months a
cutlery factory had moved It's plant to
| Rock Island from Rockford, and that
| Rock Island capital had been found wait.
| ing to SEIZE several shares of the stock,
| and that the concern is now firmly estab>
lished and thriving. He did not know
that there was abundance of Rock Island
capital waiting for investment in any
| new industry that is willing to come, and
that land is to be had for any and all
| such institutions on easy terms. He did
not know either that the Atchlson
| Topeka & Santa Fe road was aiming fol
Rock Island with one of its great eastern
extensions, and that party of survey or.
will reach here the first of the week. He
did not know half of the advantages OF
the locality and yet he poured forth
praise and delight in all the Language
that was at his command.
1t is likely too, that the gentleman
ventured correct assertion when b,
said that Rock Island had not don,
enough of blowing. In this age adVer
Using is the life Of trade, the source O
industry and the protection of merit
Modesty is good thing to possess, bu
it is of no value unless properly applied
1t is of no use to town that is growing
and should be side tracked for futur
emergencies. As long as we hsv,
something to blow about, let US not b
ashamed TO blow our own horn.